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The votes come in but we ll do our 1st as well as we head towards Christmas as more and more Christmassy Tunes popping up in the top 10 a but back to tonight s Venga boys or a number 9 with up and down and step number 8 with Hearts great and tragedy it was a double a side and then there was this do you remember. This music will be familiar to you and this was a number. For black string. Just like film. Blackstreet. Me that from the original soundtrack of the ridge motional soundtrack of the movie. 12 minutes past 10 this is. What else was in the top 10 on this day that a number 6 with love the way you love me and then there was this number 5. Scars are a song last night at quarter past 10. This is the Late Show by the way lots of requests already coming in for Friday in the West s biggest requests Friday 11 to midnight I think actually this week shall we just do Christmas tunes for a whole hour on Friday are not be rather nice not particularly unusual ones particular ones that you d